Stevens, Ray - Makin' The Best Of A Bad Situation Lyrics






Now, I know a man
He's a hard workin' man
He gets up real early, and he goes down town
And about fifteen minutes after he's been gone
There's a big milk truck pulls up on the lawn
And that milkman rushes up to the door
Where that man's wife is waitin' in a kimona
And she plants a big ol' kiss on his cheek and they go inside
And that truck never moves for an hour or two
Well it's none of my business
One day I called him aside and told him what was goin' on
While he was gone
And he said, "Well I guess that's so, but do you know
We're never outta' milk or cottage cheese or yogurt,
Ice cream, or none of them other cowy things"

I guess he's makin' the best of a bad situation
Don't wanta make waves, can't you see
He's just makin' the best of a bad situation
Reckon I'd do the same if it was me

Now I know a man, he's an educated man, he's an alligator wrestler
He jumps right in there and grabs them long green boogers by whatever you grab them long green boogers by
Well, one day he's got a full Nelson on this big alligator
When this other alligator sneaks up and bites his right ear plumb off
Didn't bat an eye just crawled off in the shade and went to sleep
The alligator not the man
Well, it's none of my business
One day I said, "Well, it's sure too bad about that little accident that you had

'Cause now your hat's gonna fall down over your eyes
And you can't ever be gypsy 'cause you don't have no place to wear a gold earring"
He just looked me right straight in the eye and said,
"Huh?"

I guess he's makin' the best of a bad situation
Don't wanna make waves, can't you see
He's just makin' the best of a bad situation
Reckon I'd do the same if it was me

Now I know a lady, she's a mighty fine lady
Got a heart of gold, she wouldn't hurt a fly
She's just tryin' to get by and keep her house in order
But you know that her husband, he worked so hard that he come unglued
He come unwrapped, he just snapped, thinks he's a chicken
That's right, one of them cackling Colonel Sanders' types
He roosts in the bush by the side of the house
Well it's none of my business but one day I said
"Have you ever thought about findin' him a doctor who could make him well"
And she said "Well, I have now and then, but then again
He don't eat much just chickenfeed and all that peckin' in the ground don't hurt nothin'
Heaven knows, we can use the eggs"

I guess she's makin' the best of a bad situation
Don't wanna make waves, can't you see
She's just makin' the best of a bad situation
Reckon I'd do the same if it was me

We're all just makin' the best of a bad situation
We're all in this together you and me





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  1. S.... ....

    Thanks for posting this song. For some reason I got a bit of it stuck in my head today and it's hard to find certain songs anywhere else.

  2. L.... V....

    Amazon Alexis will play all of his music if you ask it.

  3. D.... -....

    my dad sang this song all the time before he died, he loved this song it was one of his favorite songs, thats why i am here

  4. L.... W....

    The Alligator wrestler one had me laughing so Damn hard I had tears rolling down my eyes. Love you Ray Stevens your Awesome♡♡♡

  5. G.... R....

    Feller's version is much better than this pale imitation.

  6. d.... ....

    Thanks! Hard to find Ray's 80s music on CDs.

  7. P.... R....

    I thought this one was on "#1 With a Bullet."

  8. M.... ....

    Song originally written by Dick Feller.  He had an earlier version.  I heard Feller's version in the early 70's.  Feller also wrote "Lord Mr. Ford" and many other songs..

  9. d.... d....

    I heard this Way before 86 ' on the radio . So I assume this is a Re -release by Ray Stevens ?  Right about the time that " The Streak " was released { early 70's }

  10. r.... ....

    A few of the song on Huricane are remakes. And I don't think as good and the originals....

    r.... ....

    Ya right there....Why they always gotta muck something great from the start

  11. g.... ....

    ok thanks because i was looking at huricne and saw a lot of the same songs. I was confused

  12. r.... ....

    No, this is the original from 1986 from the album called; Surely You Joust'. The version from the album called "Huricane" came out in 2008.

  13. g.... ....

    is this the same version as the huricane album???

  14. c.... ....

    I had at least 10 old tapes. When we put a cd player in the boat that was the end of playing music while we fished. CDs do not play well on the water. So thanks for puttin these on.

  15. t.... ....

    I miss this album. The songs on this album are largely forgotten when compared with his other, better known songs and that is a real shame since I've not seen them released anywhere else.